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207 words match “HALO”

GANOCEPHALOUS a.
Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala.
HETEROCEPHALOUS a.
Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
HYDROCEPHALOID a.
Resembling hydrocephalus. Hydrocephaloid affection (Med.), the group of symptoms which follow exhausting diarrhea in young children, resembling those of acute hydrocephalus, or tubercular meningitis.
HYDROCEPHALOUS a.
Having hydrocephalus. "Hydrocephalous offspring." G. Eliot.
LYENCEPHALOUS a.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala.
MACRENCEPHALIC; MACRENCEPHALOUS a.
Having a large brain.
MACROCEPHALOUS a. 2 definitions
Having a large head.
MEGACEPHALIC; MEGACEPHALOUS a.
Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads.
MESATICEPHALOUS a.
Mesaticephalic.
MESENCEPHALON n.
The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.
MESOCEPHALON n.
The pons Varolii.
MESOCEPHALOUS a.
Mesocephalic.
METENCEPHALON n.
The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.
MICRENCEPHALOUS n.
Having a small brain.
MICROCEPHALIC; MICROCEPHALOUS a.
Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to Ant: megacephalic.
MONOCEPHALOUS a.
Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants.
MYELENCEPHALON n. 2 definitions
The metencephalon. Huxley.
MYELENCEPHALOUS a.
Of or pertaining to the Myelencephala.
NEANDERTHALOID a.
Like, or pertaining to, the Neanderthal skull, or the type of man it represents.
OMPHALO- n.
A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the umbilicus, or navel.
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